Merle Josephine Keith

Merle Josephine Cobbs Keith, age 70, of Natchitoches, LA, died Monday, July 6, 2009, at her home in Natchitoches, LA. Arrangements are being handled by Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home in Natchitoches, LA, where the family will receive friends from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM Wednesday, July 8, 2009. The funeral service will be at Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home at 10:00 AM Thursday, July 9, 2009, with Rev. Bubba Jack Mills officiating. Interment will be at Old Pisgah Cemetery in the Old Pisgah Community, LA. Mrs. Merle was a kind and compassionate lady. She loved drinking coffee with friends, shopping, and spending time with her family most of all. She had a fond love for life and always had a smile. She will be dearly missed by her family and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Daniel Keith; her parents, James Jewel Cobbs and Ila Mae Cobbs; and one brother, George Ottis Hinton. She is survived by her son, James William Kelly of Natchitoches, LA; two daughters, Judy Daughtry and husband Kelly of Burleson, Texas and Jan Posey and husband George of Natchitoches, LA; six grandchildren, Brandy Merriman and husband Tim of Slagle, LA, William Kelly and wife Tiffany of De Berry, TX, Amanda Jones and husband Charles Jr. of Provencal, LA, Brittany Daughtry of Burleson, TX, Emily Posey of Natchitoches, LA, and Randi Daughtry of Burleson, TX; and six great grandchildren; four sisters, Opal Brown and husband Dwight of Shreveport, LA, Mary Briggs and husband Gene, of Lafayette, LA, Mozelle Rutledge and husband Bill, of Natchitoches, LA, and Hazel Gaitan and husband Augustin of Shreveport, LA; one sister-in-law, Lesterine Hinton of Shreveport, LA; and numerous nieces and nephews.